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On your feet
Nearing completion on the Roubo-style bench. Legs in, vise mounted and tuned. Now to flatten the top and install the shelf. Then back to real projects.
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Legs
Have some crazy gaps at the shoulders, but … Together.
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Boring
Bored out most of the waste in the chop mortise. Horray for drill presses.
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Vise leg complete
That crisscross mortise is a beast. My drill press and my router plane are my two new best friends.
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Bench top glued, bottom flat
Got the top joined — it’s two 12×6 beams, came in at 22″ wide and just shy of 8′ long. Doing an edge joint that long across 5″ is … fun. Lots of flipping the top up with the help of my lovely wife, checking the fit, flipping it back down, planing out some spots, […]